Improvement in processes for removing paper from walls



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CATHARINE F. WARE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES FOR REMOVING PAPER FROM WALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No, 137,396, dated April 1,1873; application filed January 6, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHARINE F. WARE, of San Francisco city and county,State of California, have invented an Improved Process for RemovingPaper from Walls; and I do hereby declare the following description issufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichit most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovement without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to a novel process for saturating wall-paper sothat it can be readily removed from the walls of a room preparatory torepapering them, or in order to apply some other finishing to the walls.

Preparatory to applying my process, I clear the room of furniture andeverything else which is liable to be injured by moisture. I then placesome suitable steam-generating apparatus in the adjoining room or otheroonvenient'location, and, by means of a flexible pipe or tube, lead thesteam into the room which is to be stripped of its wall-paper. Beforeadmitting the steam into the room I stop all of the cracks through whichthe steam might escape and stretch a rubber screen or other suitablesteamtight cloth across the door-way or opening through which the steampipe or tube passes.

of labor required and accomplishing the work' in a much shorter space oftime.

ltswill generally take from one to two hours to properly saturate thepaper in a room, but of course the length of time required will varyaccording to circumstances.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The process above described for saturatin g wall-paper preparatory toremoving it from the walls of a room.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

CATHARINE F. WARE. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG, C. M. RICHARDSON.

